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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8153401, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting coin from an interesting series, [USER=73099]@Nap[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Although I haven&#039;t been actively pursuing Hadrian&#039;s travel series coins, I have lucked into a few. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an as featuring the galley right (for departure):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422401[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ As</b></p><p><b>(125-127 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / COS III above galley with four rowers right, [S C] in exergue. </p><p>RIC II.3 820 (RIC 673c/d) var.</p><p>(drapery on shoulder; see note).</p><p>(10.33 grams / 25 x 23 mm)</p><p>eBay Sept. 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><b>Note: </b>Bust right with slight drapery on shoulder; this occurs often but is rarely noted (including OCRE, which describes only &quot;head&quot;); but some sources note this; see CNG Online e-Auction 58, etc.&nbsp; Galley right indicates departure per CT post, Andres2 11/2017; &quot;Reverse refers to Hadrian&#039;s travels around the empire on his first great tour.&quot; Harlan J. Berk</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Achaea: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422405[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(134-138 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>[HADR]IANVS AVG COS III PP laureate, draped bust right / [RESTITVTO]RI ACH[AIAE], Hadrian, togate, standing left, raising up kneeling Achaea; vase</p><p>with palm between figures.</p><p>RIC 938; Cohen 1216.</p><p>(26.17 grams / 31 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2018&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Africa: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422403[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(134-138 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[HADR]IANVS AVG COS III PP laureate, draped bust right / [RE]STITVTORI AFR[IC]AE SC, Hadrian togate, standing left raising up Africa, kneeling left, corn-ears growing betweet.</p><p>RIC 941f; Cohen 1226. </p><p>(21.57 grams / 32 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2020</p><p><br /></p><p>A &quot;return home&quot; type from one of the trips, Hadrian greeted by Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422402[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(133-135 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[HADRI]ANVS AVG COS III PP, laureate, draped bust right / ADVEN[TVS AVGVSTI]</p><p>S-C, Hadrian standing right (on left) holding roll, clasps hands with Roma standing left (on right) holding spear.</p><p>RIC II.3 2063 (old RIC 742)</p><p>(22.51 grams / 29 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2020&nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution Note: </b>Reverse legend can be AVG or AVGVSTI for type, but full ADVENTVS to left makes it likely this is AVGVSTI, based on other examples I saw online: RIC II.3 2063 (old RIC 742)</p><p><br /></p><p>I just got this one and I am not entirely sure it is a travel series - a bit too early, but I am including it because of the reverse, which resembles the restitution issues. The legend is typically modest in the Hadrianic way - restorer of the world.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1422404[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Hadrian&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(120-121 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M [TR P COS III], laureate, bare chest bust right, drapery on shoulder / REST[ITVTORI ORBIS TERRARVM] S C, Orbis, towered, kneeling right, holding globe, extending hand to Hadrian standing left, extending hand</p><p>RIC II.3 451 (ex RIC 594b).</p><p>BMCRE 1211; Cohen 1285.</p><p>(19.84 grams / 31 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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